The foe is slammed with a steel-hard tail. It may also lower the target's Defense stat if it hits.*The foe is slammed with a sturdy tail of steel. It may also lower the target's Defense stat if it hits.*

In other games

Orange squares indicate hit area.Blue squares indicate area Pokémon the Pokémon will need to move to perform the move.Red squares indicate the knockback on hit Pokémon. Table assumes the Pokémon is in the square marked by ^.

Iron Tail is a move learnable by Pikachu in PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure. Pikachu does not know the move at the beginning of the game, it must be taught to him by Primeape for a cost of 350 Berries. Unlike Dash and Thunderbolt, this move cannot be used outside of battle. It can be used by shaking the Wii Remote during battle. The move's power is upgradeable by returning to Primeape and paying more Berries.

In the anime

Glaceon

Eevee

Delcatty

Pikachu

The Pokémon's tail glows white (metallic gray in the Best Wishes series) and strikes the opponent; sometimes, the hit produces light. According to Chaz, only a Pokémon with a fully developed tail can learn this technique.

Pikachu's tail glows white and hits the opponent with it. In the Best Wishes series, it instead glows metallic gray and is rendered in CGI, but this is reverted starting in the XY series. Sometimes it leaves behind a white trail of energy where it swings.

Eevee's tail glows white and it hits the opponent with it, or Eevee's tail becomes surrounded in white sparkles and it becomes surrounded in a white outline. Its tail then turns into iron and it hits the opponent with it.